Be in the know. 13 key reads for Monday…

  1. 18 Stocks to Buy Amid the Coronavirus Carnage, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts (Barron’s)
  2. 8 Big Banks Are Halting Buybacks to Brace for More Virus Fallout (Barron’s)
  3. Fed Cuts Rates to Zero as Financial-Crisis Tools Return (Barron’s)
  4. Buffett’s Massive Cash Stash Makes Berkshire a Safe Port in the Storm (Barron’s)
  5. How Coronavirus Remade American Life in One Weekend (Wall Street Journal)
  6. The Fed and Friends: What Central Banks Did in Past 24 Hours (Bloomberg)
  7. Regeneron, Sanofi to evaluate Kevzara in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 (MarketWatch)
  8. Coronavirus vaccine clinical trial begins (Fox Business)
  9. Peter Navarro: Faced with coronavirus pandemic, Congress should pass Trump’s $800 billion payroll tax cut (Fox Business)
  10. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Roundtable Picks, Airline And Oil Stocks, And More (Benzinga)
  11. Carl Icahn Says Some Stocks Are Being ‘Given Away’ (Benzinga)
  12. Can Risk Parity Funds Hang in There? (Institutional Investor)
  13. Thinking About Airline Stocks? This Is How Air Travel Is Recovering in China. (Barron’s)

February Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey Results (Summary)

Data Source: Bank of America

Each month, Bank of America conducts a survey of ~200 fund managers with > $600B AUM.  Here are the key takeaways from the survey published on Feb 18, 2020: Continue reading “February Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey Results (Summary)”

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Friday…

  1. Top financiers want Biden to drop out so Bloomberg can win: ’He has no chance’ (Fox Business)
  2. Oil prices steady but set for weekly gain on supply cut optimism (Business Insider)
  3. How a Small-Cap Fund Finds Exceptional Growth Overseas (Barron’s)
  4. Labor Force Participation Rate Mystery: Why Have So Many Americans Stopped Working? (Investor’s Business Daily)
  5. Veteran strategist eyes health care and financials in anticipation of ‘choppy and frustrating’ markets (MarketWatch)
  6. FC’s celebrity investors have a chokehold on $300M dividend (New York Post)
  7. Judy Shelton, Trump’s Fed Nominee, Faces Bipartisan Skepticism (New York Times)
  8. Doubting America Can Cost You a Lot of Money (Bloomberg)
  9. EXCLUSIVE: Kudlow reveals when middle class can expect ‘tax cuts 2.0’ (Fox Business)
  10. Investor complacency sets in while coronavirus spreads (Financial Times)
  11. Warren Buffett loves using Valentine’s Day to explain why See’s Candies is his ‘dream business’ (Business Insider)
  12. Value Investing’s Time to Shine Again Is Approaching (Bloomberg)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China says trade deal good for all, media discourages ‘nitpicking’ (Reuters)
  2. “Are you tired of winning yet?” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)… (ZeroHedge)
  3. U.S. Energy Industry Looks for Clarity in China Trade Deal (New York Times)
  4. Morgan Stanley Downgrades Tesla (TSLA) to Underweight, Raises PT (Street Insider)
  5. Why Raymond James Top MLPs to Buy Also May Be 2020 Best Income Ideas (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. Morgan Stanley 4Q earnings smash Wall Street estimates as revenue jumps across the board (Business Insider)
  7. Intuitive Surgical CEO Cracks The Da Vinci Code Of Success For You (Investor’s Business Daily)
  8. 2020 Could Be the Year for Small-Caps. Buy Only the Best. (Barron’s)
  9. Things May Be Looking Up for Hedge Funds (Institutional Investor)
  10. Nobody Makes Money Like Apollo’s Ruthless Founder Leon Black (Bloomberg)